an intervention for elderly in emergency services

Conditions: Stroke; Ischemic Attack; Diabetes Mellitus; Hypertension; Fragility

Summary: -can a scheme based on inter geriatricians visiting nurse consultants and reduce negative impacts on the health of elderly over 70 years ?

- usual care as the comparison group usual care or standard refers to those processes or services that the elderly claimant receives the imss services network, after the acute phase of their illness has been stabilized and is defined that can be discharged from the emergency department, following clinical and therapeutic recommendations for improving their health. * elders risk population for emergency the aging population brings a major change in health conditions and social conditions around the elderly, the analysis of the elderly population is considered according to functionality and risks of old age, when it comes to care services emergency, care becomes more critical as the elderly are older, have been identified adults of 70 and over as more vulnerable to health services, especially for the emergency services as they do not exhibit classic patterns to acute events of prevalent diseases. * functionality and dependence the commitment of the functionality in adults older than 65 may be present in 5% of cases, while in over 70 years this figure rises to 50% or more. functional impairment may be a "marker" of the effect of systemic disease on the patient and is also an indicator of severity of disease because it measures the ability of independence the accumulation of normal aging characteristics define a threshold, which once pierced, tends to increase the propensity for loss of functional abilities due to aging. however, not everyone ages the same way, since factors such as inherited genetic capital, especially the accumulation of risks associated with lifestyle and work activities, and the opportunity to identify the disease in its period latency coupled with the accessibility and use of health services, can delay or exacerbate the loss of functionality and increase the dependency of the elderly. * quality of life of older frailty in the elderly is a state of increased susceptibility due to less booking multiple physiological systems resulting in lower resilience, negative energy balance, sarcopenia, decreased strength and reduced exercise tolerance. frailty is associated with adverse health outcomes such as institutionalization, falls, reduced performance status and increased mortality.

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: * adults 70 and over. * both sexes * affiliation force in the imss * attending spontaneously or referred to the emergency department of hospitals in the study. * agree to participate in the study phase in observational or intervention by signed written informed consent exclusion criteria: 1. adults 70 and older whose income is service by: a. a very serious acute condition with imminent risk to life and requires immediate emergency care, cataloged by the triage system marked by the imss as red or (state the patient's functional impairment characterized by high and low, with imminent risk life or the integrity and function of some of their organs and requires immediate medical attention since his arrival to the emergency room) or require emergency care (patient condition characterized by acute and severe functional impairment, life-threatening or the integrity and function of some of their organs and requires medical attention within the next 10 minutes after arrival at the emergency department). * an automobile accident * burn-grade ii or iii * partial or total unconsciousness * severe cognitive impairment 2. individuals who do not agree to participate in the study

Keywords: frailty, emergency services, elderly